RED KNOT. 91 
Young. — Calidris naevia, Briss. Oni. 5. 229. 
Tringa naevia. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1, 681. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 
732. 
•Tringa australis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 679. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 
737. 
Tringa calidris. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 252. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 
681. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 732. 
Maubeche tachetee. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 531. BiiJ". pi. EnL 
365. 
La maubeche. BuJ^. Hist. Nat. Ois, 7. 529. 
Freckled Sandpiper. Penn.Arct.Zool.No.480.B. Lath. Gen. 
Syn. 5. 174. 
Southern Sandpiper. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 187. Lath. Syn. 
Sup. 249. 
Dusky Sandpiper. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 174. Mont. Oryi. Did. 
App. 
Aberdeen Sandpiper. Penn, Brit. Zool. 2. 
The variations of plumage to which this bird is 
subject have been the cause of great confusion in the 
works of several authors ; it having been called by 
no less than seven names, as shown by a reference to 
the synonyms. Montagu and Temminck have, how- 
ever, ascertained that all the supposed species are 
referable to this one. Its length is about ten inches : 
in summer it has its eyebrows, which are very broad, 
its throat, the sides and fore part of its neck, the 
breast, belly and sides of a rusty red or copper- 
colour, the nape red, longitudinally streaked : the 
top of the head, the back and scapulars, are deep 
black, all the feathers being edged with bright red ; 
and on the scapulars are large oval spots of the same 
colour : the abdomen is white, spotted with red and 
black : the upper tail-coverts are white, crossed with 
l)lack and spotted with red : the tail-feathers arc 
